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                                Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 396. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
                                2005. IONIA, Ephesos. C. Atinius C.f., Praetor. 
                                122-121 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.55 
                                gm, 12h). Dated CY 13 (122/1 BC). BID Estimate 
                                $750  

                              IONIA, Ephesos. C. Atinius C.f., Praetor. 122-121 
                              BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (12.55 gm, 12h). 
                              Dated CY 13 (122/1 BC). Cista mystica within ivy 
                              wreath / Bow case between two serpents; IG and 
                              caduceus above, torch to left. Stumpf 1; Kleiner, 
                              Ephesus 19; SNG Copenhagen -; Dewing 2275 (same 
                              obv. die). Near VF. Extremely rare, fewer than ten 
                              known. ($750)

                              The earliest Roman cistophoric tetradrachm. T.R.S. 
                              Broughton, in The Magistrates of the Roman 
                              Republic 3. Supplement (1986), identified this 
                              praetor as C. Atinius Labeo, who is best known for 
                              attempting to have the censor (and hero of the 
                              Fourth Macedonian War) Q. Caecilius Metellus 
                              Macedonicus thrown off the Tarpeian Rock for 
                              expelling him from the Senate (see Livy, Per. 
                              LIX.10).








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High bid of $2000, $2300 including 15% buyers fee, or approximately €1620, £1100, C$2500, A$2600, on June 8, 2005.

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